WLOD (AM) explained

WLOD
City:Loudon, Tennessee
Frequency:1140 kHz
Airdate:January 1, 1983
Format:Oldies
Power:1,000 watts daytime; 500 & 1.8 watts pre-sunrise authority
Class:D
Facility Id:38473
Coordinates:35.7264°N -84.3469°W
Callsign Meaning:We LOve olDies
Former Callsigns:WLNT (1983–1985)
Affiliations:CBS News; Atlanta Braves; Tennessee Radio Network; RedskinRadio.com Network
Licensee:Radio Loudon LLC
Licensing Authority:FCC

WLOD (1140 AM), a radio station broadcasting from Loudon, Tennessee, just southwest of Knoxville, was formerly owned by Blount Broadcasting Corporation. On October 14, 2021, at 15:30, it began operating under a local marketing agreement with Radio Loudon LLC. Radio Loudon LLC then became the licensee on March 22, 2022. At midnight, WLOD began airing Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel on April 1, 2022.

The station first signed on the air on January 1, 1983, as WLNT.[1] Because AM 1140 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A stations WRVA in Richmond and XEMR in Monterrey, Mexico, WLOD must sign-off at sunset to avoid interfering with those stations. On July 27, 2020, WLOD added FM translator W284DC at 104.7 MHz.

Previous ownership history

Tellico Broadcasting Company 1/1/83-09/25/1985Owners: James McGhee & Howard Oberholtzer Jr.Studios located at 405 Mulberry Street, Loudon TN

Loudon Broadcasters 09/25/1985-10/27/1998Owners: Gene Chrusciel & Doyle LoweStudios located at 405 Mulberry Street, Loudon TN

Metrowest/Horne Radio 10/27/1998-12/4/2009Owner: Doug HorneStudios located at 317 Watt Road, Farragut TN

Blount Broadcasting 12/04/2009-3/22/2022Owners: Jim & Johnnie SextonStudios located at 261 Hannum Street Alcoa, TN

Notes and References

  1. https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1983/B-Radio-Neb-Terr-1983-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1983 page B-227